Id | ESLPod_0436_WE_0546 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 436 |
Episode Title | Dealing With an Angry Client |
Phrase | magnitude |
Text | The word "magnitude," in this podcast, means size or amount: "We weren't expecting sales to increase by such a great magnitude." Or, "Reporters place a high magnitude of importance on what the president says and does." The word "magnitude'" is also used to talk about the strength of an earthquake: "How many earthquakes has Los Angeles had with a magnitude of 7.0 or more?" The phrase "order of magnitude" is used to talk about differences in the size or amount of two or more things, where one order of magnitude means a difference of 10 times the size or amount of something: "The calculation doesn't have to be exact, but it does need to have the right order of magnitude." |
Topics | Business |
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